Simple Noteholder

This is a Simple Noteholder that I CASED from Teri... You can find the tutorial here.. She named it appropriately, it is very simple! Unfortunately, I don't have an oval punch (go figure?!), so I used my oval nesties to make the handle. I think I chose one that was too big though.

Here's the side view. I believe Teri made it to hold notecards (3x3), but you can put in other stuff too like post its or even candy (Tracy pointed out that you can fit a Kit Kat bar in there).

I think the easiest part is that you can just use DP and its done! You can add more embellishments or stamped images, but I thought it looked nice as it was.

Supplies:

DP- Bo Bunny

Ribbon

Cardstock- Bazzil

Flowers- Prima

Oval dies- Spellbinders

Crystal brad- American Crafts

Cris Cross Bree

Not sure where I saw this idea, but I love using Bree to deliver Valentine's! It must've been on the Club Anya and Friends blog or Splendid Stamping with the Greeting Farm blog. They are a great source of inspiration!

Since this Cris Cross card reminds me of an envelope, I decided to use it with Bree. Looks like she's delivering the Valentine's yah?

And did you notice??? I FINALLY got my MS Loopy border punch (and corner punch too)!!! Whoopie! I thought I missed the boat on that one since wherever I looked they were sold out and didn't expect a shipment in. Now I see that everywhere is getting their shipments in... I don't care, it was totally worth it!

Supplies:

Bree- TGF

Cardstock- Bazzil

Ribbon

DP- Imaginisce

Loopy punch- MS Crafts

Markers- Copics

Nutty Nutshell's- Recipe Challenge

Hi Everyone!

It's time for another Nutty Nutshell's Challenge! I was stoked to be asked to stay on for another month as a Guest Designer for Nutshells. Their stuff is really cute!

Anyway, this week's challenge is a Recipe Challenge. All you need to do to play along is to make a card using at least 3 layers, ribbon and glitter! I think most of my projects have those elements already, so this wasn't such a hard challenge for me!

To give her some bling... I stickled her hair ribbon and clothes. I like the effect of embossing the circle behind her. I've seen that on other people's projects and that subtle effect always catches my eye.

OK- time for you to play along with us.. check out the Nutshell's Challenge blog here for more details...

Supplies Girl digi- Nutshells

DP- American Crafts

Cardstock- Bazzil

By my valentine sentiment- Hero Arts

Stickles

Ribbon

Embossing folder- Cuttlebug

Box Turned Bag

I'm always looking for new ways of using my Sizzix dies. This is one of my favorite boxes that was released last year. The size is pretty big and can hold quite a bit of goodies. Decided to use my nesties and cut a labels #9 out of the cover and cover w/acetate. Love this Megan stamp, so I decided to use her on the box.

Here's the fun part, all I did was punch holes on one side and inserted ribbon for the handle! Yay, the box is now a bag!

Supplies:

Megan- TGF

DP- Bo Bunny

Cardstock- Bazzil

Labels 9- Spellbinders

Markers- Copics

Ribbon

TGF Digi Relay- Day 3

Had to rush doing this one- sorry not much to this card, but I am determined to get all those digis! Isn't Toby Cub cute? I think its cool they are offering such a nice array of digis! Thanks TGF! Supplies: Toby Cub- TGF Ribbon DP- Doodlebug Cardstock- Bazzil

Just Say Yo! (Gabba Gabba)

So if you are the parent of a toddler, or in my case, a Kindergartener, you probably have heard of the show called Yo Gabba Gabba. If you haven't, consider yourself lucky as it is the weirdest kids show I've seen. I swear they are all on acid if you ask me! What ever happened to good old Sesame Street? Anyway, my daughter and nephew seem to love it a lot, so I decided to use the characters in Yo Gabba Gabba for my nephew's birthday card.

I made a pop up card using the whole Yo Gabba Gabba crew.... To personalize the card, I stuck on my nephew's face to DJ Lance Rock's body! It cracks me up to see Zade with that muff of a hat on!

Here's a close up of my nephew's face. It makes me laugh!

Hope he liked the card as much as I liked making it for him!! Happy Birthday Zade- sorry we missed your party!

My Buddy Valentine

Fhiona and her Buddy (now named Fhinn) are so cute together! Perfect for Valentine's day, don'tcha think? This card was a challenge for me.. not sure why but I struggled to complete it. It took me one night to finish it up, this includes taking breaks inbetween because I had crafter's block. I think the MS heart border punch is what stumped me. Once I punched that out, I had a hard time figuring out what to do with the rest of the card.

Got these flowers from a Prima flower mix- perfect match!

Supplies:

My Buddy stamp- YNS

Heart border punch- Martha Stewart Crafts

Flowers- Prima

Flourish punches- EK Success

Pearl accents- Kaisercrafts

Markers- Copics

Ribbon

Heart die- Spellbinders

Love is Sweet sentiment- Hero Arts

Cardstock- Bazzil

TGF Digi Relay- Day 2

Hello, Hello, Hello! Are you still playing along with TGF for the free digi's??? So far I've surprised myself by keeping up.. I must say that this is very challenging for me, but I think it will be worth it to get all those freebies!

OK- so this is WS Charlotte that was the freebie for today. I must admit that this was my first try at dark skin but I think I found the right color combo! She came out much better than I expected. My husband and I agreed that she looked like she was ready to go and boogie, so I dressed her in some groovy clothes and made her a custom disco ball. I know you can't really tell from the photos, but I hand cut mirrored silver cardstock and pieced it back together to make the disco ball. Tried to get a shot where you can see that its the mirrored cardstock, but I think its still hard to tell.

Hope you can play along too!

Supplies:

WS Charlotte- TGF

DP- American Crafts

Ribbon

Cardstock- DCWV, Bazzil

My First Zutter Project

I'll admit, I've been really bad about buying some stuff and not using them... For example, I bought the Zutter tool and did not use it for over a year (or at least close to it). I know, what a waste yah? Wish I tried it earlier because it was pretty darn easy to use! Kelli totally inspired me when she made a 4x4 album in less than an hour. After watching her use the machine, I felt more comfortable... it didn't look that difficult to use, so I vowed that one of my first craft projects of the new year would be to use my Zutter.

What was I thinking? I should have unpacked this baby a long time ago. Oh well, live and learn right?

I wanted to use my favorite Love Bandit paper again. For some reason, I like how the Miss Anya looks with this paper, so I decided to use her on this project. Since it was my first Zutter project, I kept it very simple. Didn't know how many layers of cardstock and chipboard it could cut through, so I didn't want to chance it- bumbye I get discouraged and not use it! :)

Hmmmm, now I think I need to get the Dream Cuts Machine!!!

Supplies:

Miss Anya Stamp- TGF

Markers- Copics

DP- Bo Bunny

Ribbon

Chipboard

Wire & Zutter machine- Zutter

Playing Along

I'm finally feeling better and hit the blogs today, only to find that The Greeting Farm is hosting a digi relay where you can get free digis if you play along! I'm all about getting free stuff nowadays, so here's what I came up with... had to use MerIan as he was the free digi for today. Isn't he the perfect match to Mermaid Anya? I thought so, and colored them the same... they are a perfect match! Still in the mood for Valentine's day too, so thought I'd make it into a Valentine's day card. Hopefully I'll make the deadline so I can get the next digi! Supplies: Mer Ian & Mermaid Anya- TGF Loopy border punch- MS Crafts DP- MS Crafts Heart die- Spellbinders Cardstock- Bazzil